Sterup Wins Lassen Trophy For Hastings Lineman of Year
Hastings College honors Jim Sterup, Osceola Siteh School graduate and junior guard, as the 1954 Edgar F Lassen Memorial Trophy winner for the unbeaten Broncos. Russell Bevan awarded the prize at the football jamboree amid plans for the Mineral Bowl send off to Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Jim Sterup
Osceola Siteh School
Edgar F. Lassen
Hastings College
Russell Bevan
H-Club
Sterup
Hastings Chamber of Commerce
Bronco
College of Emporia
Nebraska
Osceola Woman Leaves Hospital for Short Car Ride
Mrs. Wm. Liskovec, recovering from polio and a patient at Osceola Hospital, was able to leave the hospital briefly Sunday for a car ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Wm. Liskovec
Osceola Hospital
Barry couple tours Minden lights and Hastings exhibits
Mr and Mrs Wm Barry with friends toured Monday evening to view Christmas lights at Minden. They also visited Pioneer Village at Minden and The House of Yesterday at Hastings.
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Wm. Barry
Stromsburg
Minden
Pioneer Village
Hastings
Servicemen Notes Promotons and Training Updates
Marilyn Paine reports her husband Robert Paine has been promoted to Sergeant First Class with the 12th Tank Company at Fort Richardson Alaska. Pvt. DeLoss LeSuer begins six weeks basic training at Fort Bliss Texas after leaving Omaha October 20. Robert R Husak of Osceola has also been promoted to Sergeant First Class in Korea with the Korean Military Advisory Group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Kuhned
Marilyn
Robert Paine
Fort Bliss
Texas
DeLoss
Omaha
Robert R. Husak
Fred L. Husak
Osceola
Korea
Republic of Korea Army
Husak
Adjutant General
Army
Sleeper cab bids and plant finances in regional update
Drivers for Blair based Denver-Chicago Trucking receive orders to bid as 36 Blair families relocate to Denver Blair Enterprise in January under a new sleeper cab plan. The Old Power management board foresees the Geneva plant clearing its 65,000 debt in six months by using emergency reserves, while a new poetry textbook features The Bra Bi verse form and praise for Margarette Ball Dickson.
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Denver
Old Power Management Board
Thelma Allinder
Scimitar
Song
Margarette Ball Dickson
Staples, Minn
Minnesota
George Washington
St Paul Church Elects Officers
The annual St Paul Lutheran Church meeting was held December 9. Officers elected include Deacons Herman Anderson Howard Boden Bert Gissler. Trustees LeMoyne Anderson Rupert Carlson Joe Fijell. Auditors Carl Cederberg Don Johnson Rolland Johnson. Organist Ann Nelson Custodian Mr and Mrs Nyquist Sunday School Superintendent Evelynne Oberg Assistant Ruth Eklund Sunday School Secretary Dorothy Fijell Sunday School Treasurer Elmer Pehrson Pianist Marian Boden Ushers Leonard Girardin Kenneth Schmidt Church Secretary Philip Nyberg.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Advance For Christ
Herman Anderson
Howard Boden
Bert Gissler
LeMoyne Anderson
Rupert Carlson
Joe Fijell
Carl Cederberg
Don Johnson
Rolland Johnson
Ann Nelson
Nyquist
Evelynne Oberg
Ruth Eklund
Dorothy Fijell
Elmer Pehrson
Marian Boden
Leonard Girardin
Kenneth Schmidt
Philip Nyberg
Osceola Socials Highlight Omaha and Giltner Visits
Mrs. W. O. Fudge of Omaha joined Mrs. Mary Gerdes for a Sunday visit. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Nyberg and daughters spent Sunday with Carroll Hanson in Giltner.
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W. O. Fudge
Omaha
Mary Gerdes
Phil Nyberg
Carrol Hanson
Giltner
Telephone switchboard arrival in Lexington
New dial telephone equipment and long distance dial switchboard arrived in Lexington for Lexington Dawson County Herald. The intricate switching gear was engineered specifically for the Lexington area, signaling enhanced local communications.
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Lexington
Dawson County Herald
State sues Transit Inc over bridge collapse damages
Nebraska sues Transit Inc of Herman for 5251 dollars and 30 cents claiming negligence led to a bridge collapse on the North Loop River in 1950. Transit counters that a bridge hole caused the failure and blames the state.
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Nebraska
Howard County
Transit Inc
Herman
Nebr
North Loop River
St. Paul Phonograph
pheasants moved by state agency urge careful driving
The State Game Commission has placed many pheasants in surrounding counties. These birds have been hand raised and are tame and may be near roadsides. Exercise care to avoid harming them as protection may extend an open season another year.
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State Game Commission
St. Edward
Calf Surprises Nebraska Farm With Twin Births
James Iwan of Clarks reports cattle unusual birth pattern as Bessie delivers one calf on August 16 and twins on November 13, a rare event noted by a local veterinarian but seen as common in Indiana. The four year old roan cow had two calves in total, marking Nebraska Central City Republican Nonpareil coverage of agricultural quirks.
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James Iwan
Clarks
Bessie
Roan
Indiana
Nebraska
Central City
Oil Test Well Starting Near Garden Grange Hall
Drilling for another oil test well continues on the Gene Pickard land a half mile west of the Garden Grange hall. The rig began Sunday and has reached a depth of 1650 feet in Garden County.
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Gene Pickard
Garden Grange Hall
Garden County News
Local Ice Plant Manager Becomes Father On Short Notice
Ben Vidricksen, ice cream plant manager, was summoned home Monday afternoon as his wife announced a baby is on the way. A guest called for a doctor. the birth produced a baby boy weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. Mother and child are reported to be doing fine. The family includes four other children.
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Ben Vidricksen
Ben
Vidrickens
O’neill Fronteir
Gift Ideas and Local Social Update
Sre mad t describes Be uF Oshkosh B Gosh and Big Smith Overalls as sensible gifts with all sizes at Steeples. Sunday guests at Carl Bowman home included Geo Bowman Carlton and Kenneth Schmidt family. Ed Schott visited Lew Olberding in Grand Island where he is receiving therapy at the Veterans Hospital and recuperating nicely up part time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh B’gosh
Big Smith
Carl Bowman
Geo. Bowman
Carlton
Kenneth Schmidt
Ed Schott
Grand Island
Lew Olberding
Veterans Hospital
Olberding
Deer Permit Holders Take Two Large Bucks on Opening Day
Esther and Al Kuhnel, deer permit holders, harvested two animals on December 8 near Crawford Nebraska. The smaller buck weighed 133 pounds and the larger 197 pounds dressed weight, just 11 pounds off the Crawford station record. Both deer were killed on the farms of Orville and Earl Kuhnel, Al’s nephews.
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Esther
al Kuhnel
Crawford
Nebraska
Crawford Station
Orville
Earl Kuhnel
Funeral attendance and family movements noted locally
Ed Wagner Louis Wagner and son traveled to Pip City Thaois for William Waner s funeral. Pers George Conkling recently returned home from Columbus hospital after surgery. Dr C W Jeffrey life story to appear in Sundays World Herald. copies at Crouse Tex Drug Co. Various families held pre Christmas gatherings and visits across Omaha Holdrege Mason City and Harbour City with relatives including Mrs Donald Miler Mr Maurice Chole and Billy.
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Ed Wagner
Louis Wagner
Gresham
Pip City
Thaois
William Waner
Steeples
Pers George Conkling
Columbus Hospital
Wiliam Campain
C.j.fernmia
Donald Miler
Harbour City
Maurice¢chole
Billy
San Dicer
C. W. Jeffre
Crouse Tex Drug Co
Harold Wieseman
Omaha
Addie Wieseman
George Craven
Osceola Hospital
Floyd Noble
Woldrege
L. F. Posusta
Mason City
Don Noble
Sigrid Sunderlin
Holdrege
Trvin Noble
Jack Malek
Ralph Peterson
Polk
C. W. Jeffrey
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Bronco Lineman
Shelby
Philco Radios
Bowman Electric
Tom NT
EU Sagt
Pud
Pinon
Swansdown — Lim Angel MIX
Brazils
Bernard Schwenk
Near Shickley
Dutton-Lainson Co
Schwenk
Geneva
St. Paul Church
Osceola News
Dakota County Star
County Board of Supervisors
David City Banner Press
Betty
Chicago
Grand Hilton
Hildebrand
Simplicity Pattern Company
Santa
Fred Waring
T. V
Fadt Sullivan
June Valley
Jay Marshall
Ruff Davis
Ruddells
Mr. Sullivan
Otto Grahm
Bob Feller
Dick Siminsky
Museum of Science and Industry
Marshall Fields
Cinerama
Make Bush’s
Bush
Crouse Tex
Sam
Brandeis
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